56 COFFEE 



History: — This variety was collected by Stuhlmann in a half 

 cultivated and half wild state among banana plants while he was 

 on the Emin Pascha Expedition. It is found in great quantities in 

 the inner African Lake Region, especially at Bukoba, 



Bibliography: — Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 263. — Le- 

 comte Le Cafe (1899) 25. 



Economic and Cultural Reference: — Hartwich Die Menschlich. 

 Genuszm. (1911) 277. 



Coffea arabica L. var. intermedia Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 25 (1898) 264. 



A small tree with thin, slender branches. Leaves deviate from the 

 normal form of the species. Leaves 1.5 cm. to 3.0 cm. wide by 5.0 

 cm. to 1 0.0 cm. long, similar to the leaves of C. arabica L. var. 

 angustifolia Miq., three times as long as wide; leaf apex, on account 

 of narrow form, appears somewhat longer ; leaf narrows down toward 

 the base ; veins 5 to 6 of the first rank, not very distinct. Flowers 

 usually 2 to 4 together. 



Geographical Distribution : — Lake Region, Ligaijo, Africa. 



History: — This variety was collected by Fischer, number 326, at 



Ligaijo, Africa, where it grows wild. It is also cultivated to a slight 



extent by the natives. This specimen is identical with the flowerless 



plant which A. Whyte found at Chiradzulu and the specimen which 



Scott Elliot collected at Ruwenzori during the expedition of 1893- 



1894- 



Bibliography: — Froehner in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 25 (1898) 264. — Le- 

 comte Le Cafe (1899) 25. 



Coffea arabica L. rhachiformis (Baill.) Froehner in Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb. 25 (1898) 264. 



A shrub which attains 4 to 5 M. in height; branches smooth, 

 gray, articulated, with transversely fissured bark. Leaves elliptical, 

 large, 3 cm. wide by 6 cm. long. Flowers small, i cm. long, firmly 

 attached. Fruit red, firmly attached, usually solitary; seeds 1.66 cm. 

 long. 



Synonymy: — Coffea rhachifonnis Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 

 I' (1885) 514. — Froehner in Notizbl. d. Kgl. Bot. Mus. 7 (1897) 

 234. — Raoul Cult. Cafeier in Man. Cult. Trop. de Raoul and Sagot 

 pt. I, 2 (1897) 239. 



